
Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
For the very best in traditional music and song, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. This week another chance to hear our first ever virtual session from Tom Orr and his Scottish Dance Band recorded in 2020. Plus Gary's guest is Gaelic musician and broadcaster Mary Ann Kennedy.
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Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
Lead Accordion Tom Orr
Fiddle Marie Fielding
Second Accordion Scott Nichol / Tom Orr
Piano Tom Orr
Drums Fraser MacInnes
Bass Brian Cruickshank
Vocals Robert Robertson
TITLE: Kate Dalrymple
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Eva Three-Step
a) Drumloist [Jim Johnstone]
b) The K.O.S.B's March to the Somme [P/M R. Halliday]
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Postie's Jig
a) Jig for Anne [Ian Muir]
b) Kenny McGinty's Jig [Robert Black]
c) Anne Harper of Kaimhill [Ian Muir]
d) Toast for Kirsty [Derek Rae]
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Canadian Barn Dance
a) The Bent Note [Fergie MacDonald]
b) Fraser MacInnes of Tobermory [Gordon Shand]
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Gaelic Waltz
a) Everyday Heroes [Martin Gillespie]
b) Eilidh [John Bannerman]
c) Ant-Eilean Mu Thuath (The Island That Lie to the North) [Trad]
d) Balaich an lasgaich (Boys of the Fishing) [Trad]
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Circassian Circle
a) John Spence of Uyeasound [Trad]
b) St Anne's Reel [Trad]
c) Humours of Westport [Trad]
d) Stuart’s Birly [Ian Muir]
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Gay Gordons
a) Bob MacLeod's 80th Birthday [Steven Carcary & Ian Lees]
b) Miss Kirsty Bachelor [Lyndsay Ross]
c) Anda Campbell's March [Colin Dewar]
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Old Tyme Scottish Waltz
a) Cradle Song [James Scott Skinner]
b) Niel Gow's Lament [Niel Gow]
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Strip the Willow
a) Farewell to the Whalley Range [Mike McGoldrick]
b) Nina's Jig [Niall Vallely]
c) Mattie & Karine's [Aidan O'Rourke]
d) The Green Spears [Trad]
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: French Musette
a) French Fried [Frank Marocco]
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Boston Two-Step
a) Teddy Bear's Picnic [John Walter Bratton]
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Mississippi Dip / Song
a) Uist Tramping Song [John R. Bannerman and Hugh S Robertson]
b) Nut Brown Maiden [Trad]
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: St Bernard's Waltz
a) Angus Howie of Millhouse
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Canadian Barn Dance (progressive)
a) Australian Gaelic Singers
b) Bobby MacLeod of Tobermory [Ian Holmes]
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Dashing White Sergeant
a) Trip to Miriam's [Colin Farrell]
b) Road to Corrandulla [Mike McGoldrick]
c) An Geantrai [Trad]
d) Castlerock Road [Damien O'Kane]
ARTIST: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: O' A' The Airts
TRK: 7
ARTIST: Kris Drever
CD: Mark The Hard Earth
LABEL/CAT NR: Navigator Records - NAVIGATOR30
TITLE: EH3 7AF [8x32 Jig]
The Pentland Jig / Anne Fraser MacKenzie / Warwick's Land / Joe Foster's Jig
TRK: 6
ARTIST: The Craigowl Scottish Dance Band
CD: Book 40 RSCDS
LABEL/CAT NR: RSCDS
TITLE: Bobby MacLeod Reels
Bobby Colgan / Billy Craib / Jean’s Reel / Moving Cloud
TRK: CD 2 TRK 1
ARTIST: Leonard Brown and his All Star Band
CD: Requested by You 2
LABEL/CAT NR: LBCD014
TITLE: A Summer in Skye
TRK: 1
ARTIST: Blair Douglas
CD: A Summer in Skye
LABEL/CAT NR: MacMeanmna - Skyecd09
TITLE: Nuair Bha Mi Og
TRK: 11
ARTIST: Kenna Campbell
CD: Guth A Shniomhas ... A Voice That Weaves
LABEL/CAT NR: Macmeanmna - Skyecd12
TITLE: Highland Schottische
Brochan Lom etc
TRK: 21
ARTIST: Charlie Kirkpatrick and his Scottish Dance Band
CD: On The Road
LABEL/CAT NR: Thane – TRCD0305
TITLE: Margadh an t-salainn
TRK:
ARTIST: Mary Ann Kennedy
CD: Glaschu – Home Town Love Song
LABEL/CAT NR: ARC Music - EUCD2833
TITLE: Reels
Susan Cooper / Ishbel's Reel / Mary McCormack / Cape Breton's Symphony's Welcome to Shetland
TRK: 9
ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band
CD: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band
LABEL/CAT NR: Lochshore - CDLCP 2031
Broadcast
- Sat 20 Mar 202119:00BBC Radio Scotland